i'm veronica de la cruz. those stories and much more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with still riding high. days after the democrats' convention ended, a new poll finds president obama enjoying a bounce in popularity. according to a reuters poll of likely voters, 47% favor president obama while 43% prefer his republican rival, mitt romney. nbc's tracie potts has the election latest from washington. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. well, it looks like the president did get a bit of a boost. a couple of daily tracking polls released over the weekend give president obama four and five-point leads over mitt romney. perhaps not a big surprise after the democratic convention, but this was. >> come on, man. >> reporter: the only thing more surprising than this -- is the fact that scott van dusen, a big fan of president obama, is a registered republican. team obama insists the president got a big bounce from last week's convention. >> you know

veronica johnson is live on the storm team 4 weather deck. is it raining out there, veronica? >>> it is not raining out here. the only drops are the drops from the canopy of the tree i'm standing under and the wet weather deck. big puddles await you when you step outside. wet roadways too, as danella sealock will tell you. temperature-wise, it's pretty comfortable. the wind is light, and that's what's actually lending itself to fog. as we head over to clinton, maryland, 65 around prince george's county and around camp springs. good morning to you folks over in burke. you're at 63. montgomery county 64 degrees right now. there's that rain. it is out of here east of baltimore. and annapolis, maryland, right now, it continues to head off toward middletown up in areas of eastern maryland right now. until 10:00 a.m., there's a dense fog advisory again. that's what we're talking about for the next couple of hours. fog in fauquier county on west. the visibility there is down to about a half mile and below as you head toward areas of charlottesville. 7:00 a.m. fog, 8:00 a.m. fog. it w

veronica? >> thank you. >>> last night, television honored its best from the past year at the 64th annual emmy awards. it was a night filled with glitz, glamour, and drama, including a complete shutout for amc's "mad men" which started out the night with the most nominations. mark barger has details. >> and the emmy goes to "homeland." >> reporter: a modern day drama beat out a '60s era one sunday night. "homeland" broke "madmen's" four-year winning streak as best tv drama. >> we've delighted and thrilled and i think a little startled by this. >> reporter: claire daines also won best actress. her co-star damien lewis took best actor beating out bryan cranston of "breaking bad" and "mad men" nominee jon hamm. >> i don't really believe in judging art, but i thought i'd show up just in case. >> reporter: and while one streak ended -- >> "modern family." >> reporter: it was a three-peat for "modern family." honors for lead acting went to jon cryer for "two and a half men." >> something has clearly

i'm veronica de la cruz. today, we begin with campaign battleground. president obama and mitt romney are campaigning in the swing state of florida today, where both candidates will likely play up their policy on immigration and trade more jabs over comments each has made in the past. nbc's brian mooar has details for us live from washington. brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. the romney campaign is pulling a page from the 2008 playbook accusing president obama of trying to redistribute the wealth. as president obama and mitt romney cross paths today in the critical battleground state of florida, their war for the white house has shifted to a skirmish over videotapes. romney's assessment of obama supporters secretly recorded during a private fundraiser earlier this year is still causing problems for his campaign, so republicans are firing back. they're using a 1998 recording of then state senator barack obama talking about making government more efficient at a loyola university ch

right now first 4 traffic. >> thanks, veronica. >>>ere we have a live look from chopper 4 over i-270 as you make your way closer to germantown road, the earlier accident was just allowing the left lane to get by. now it's moved to the right shoulder lane. still seeing delays once you make your way past clarksburg road, you're heavy on the brakes, very heavy on the brakes to father hurley, and then sluggish as you continue towards germantown road. you can see choppers panning out, heavy volume in this area. let's head over to an accident. northbound on gw parkway trying to get to the inner loop of the beltway. that ramp is blocked by an accident involving an overturned vehicle. back in ten minutes with an update. aaron and eun, back over to you. >>> new this morning, d.c. police are investigating a double shooting along "h" street southeast a few blocks away from the prince george's county line. the shooting happened around 11:30. police are not releasing many details around the case, but they say one man was shot in the head. at la

>> thank you, veronica. danella, veronica, everybody. i appreciate all of you.what i'm trying to say here. and you as well. thanks for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next.

i'm veronica druz.ports, overtime, upsets, and a shaky call shaped week three of the nfl season. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning, busy day in sports. let's get right to it. >> in tennessee, the titans up 14, less than a minute to play. the lions scored, got the ball back with an onside kick and then this happened. shaun hill tossed up a prayer and it was answered. a 46-yard hail mary tied the game at the buzzer, but the lions couldn't seal the deal. they split the uprights in o.t. and the titans won it 44-41. saints have fallen from grace. the chiefs' jamaal charles ran all over from new orleans. kansas city rallied from 18 down and won in overtime 27-24. the saints are 0-3. jets and dolphins needed ot. nick folk for the win. it was blocked. wait a minute. miami called a time-out. rex ryan loving it. new york had a second chance and they didn't miss this one. jets escape south beach 23-20 in ot. 49ers left minnesota with something to ponder. chr

meteorologist veronica johnson here. we've got some showers that are lifting northeast right through the area. take a look at storm4 radar right now. we've got showers around bethesda, college park and southern laurel. for areas like gaithersburg, you'll be getting some rain and moving away from front royal and marshall there. so, a little wet weather that i think is going to hang on until 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. or so, and then some on-and-off showers, but most of the area, at least for the afternoon, will be on the dry side today. 79 is your temperature. southeast wind at 5 miles per hour. heat index big story, too. here we are for the afternoon and evening hours getting into the low and mid-90s. that heat index is what it would feel like. so, today's high, 92, feeling more like 95, 96 around 3:00 p.m. today and just a 40% chance, a slight chance that there will be a pop-up shower, maybe even an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. can't stress enough that most of the area will be dry today. so, just an isolated or scatt

. >>> thanks, veronica. traveling around the beltway, this "first 4 traffic" report looks good because overnight road work looks to be gone. let's travel i-66 together if you're making the commute, really from the bypass as you make your way towards the beltway, nice and clear. inside the beltway, 66 not seeing any problems for you. a live look at spout run parkway in both directions. again, not seeing anything slowing you down. 11 minutes to get from the beltway to gw parkway as you travel eastbound. you're at about 60 miles per hour right now. and if you're taking the rails, i'm checking them. so far, they're open, but no reported delays along the metro, the marc or the vre. aaron and eun, back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> 5:00 a.m. now. the democratic national convention wraps up tonight with a speech from president obama. he'll officially accept his party's nomination at time warner cable arena in charlotte. the president was supposed to speak at a much larger football stadium, but organizers moved

>>> veronica, right now i'm tracking an accident. this one is as you make your way northbound, pennsylvania avenue, taking the exit to westbound richie mlboro road. the crash there involves a pedestrian, potentially blocking lanes in the area. we'll continue watching it and give you an update in the next ten minutes. chopper 4 is flying high over i-66 right now. you know how this road does, especially at route 50. seeing a lot of volume in this area, but travel lanes are open as you head to the beltway. bad news is, you are sluggish. let's head over to i-95 in virginia. slow here as well at fairfax county parkway, right around lorton you're heavy on the brakes in that area. and stop-and-go as you make your way to franconia-springfield parkway. back in ten minutes with another look at your traffic. eun, over to you. >>> 6:02 now. president obama will accept his party's nomination for re-election tonight. the president arrived in charlotte for the democratic national convention yesterday and appeared on stage with bill clinton as the f

thanks, veronica. as you make your way on 50 heading eastbound at 197, have a report of an accident in that area. again, the roadway is wet. so, please, give yourself extra time this morning. traveling 50. i'll give you a live look as you make your way past east-west highway. in both directions, your travel lanes are open. as you make your way eastbound as well as westbound towards new york avenue, no incidents to report. and your travel speeds, 55 miles per hour. six minutes to get from the beltway to d.c. 295. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> it is now 5:42 on this friday morning. coming up, why some >>> 12 prisoners have been killed in a prison north of baghdad. attackers took over after setting off a car bomb at the gate late thursday. about 90 prisoners escaped. the prison has since been retaken. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >>> 15 after the hour now. this morning we're hearing from the family of a d.c. woman whose body was found six years after she disappea

i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. union teachers are still on strike in chicago and will meet on tuesday to consider a proposed contract offer. mayor rahm emanuel will try to get a court order for what he calls an illegal strike. >>> for the first time it's been confirmed that the fighting in syria's civil war involves members of iran's military. the commander of iran's revolutionary guard says his forces are providing nonmilitary assistance, but says iran would get directly involved if syria came under attack. >>> a roougs sigh russian capsule landed safely in kazakhstan returning one american and two russian crew members from a four-month stay on the international space station. >>> a new high wire world record in china as three tight rope performers walked on a wire at the same time. they safely completed the daredevil stunt more than 1,100 feet above a canyon without a net. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed at

much warmer, veronica. >> much warmer and a little wet. part of the system that you saw there that produced the tornado in illinois, part of that system producing some of the wet weather around our area. we're not going to see anything like that. we're not going to have severe weather. just showers coming through the area north side of the beltway. bethesda up towards savage, we've got rain showers toward the west. that's what's going to be moving through the morning hours. we're in the 60s this morning. we'll see a high today getting up to 84, 85 degrees with the best chance of showers for the afternoon. let's get a look at first 4 traffic with danella. >> thanks, veronica. still getting reports of an overturned vehicle at rockville pike. traveling bw parkway and i-95 in maryland looks good between the beltway and the capitol beltway. no issues there. if you're taking the rails, no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. all are running on or close to schedule. aaron and eun? >> thanks, danella. >>> 5:12 is the time. the material girl

storm team 4's veronica johnson in for tom this week. bundle up, right? >> this all came in over the weekend. saturday was the warm day over the weekend. sunday the cool air came in, just in time as fall had arrived. actually arrived on saturday. >> good timing. >> our first cool day was sunday. great timing. mother nature always knows how to do it. >>> 43 to 55, that's what we're talking about this morning. the huge range of temperatures. 43 to our north and west. we do have a few clouds out there. a bit of an october chill with a few clouds. make sure the kids are bundled up this morning. just a bit as they head to the bus stop. 57 degrees is the current reading. reagan national with a light wind out of the north. that wind, a dry wind too. 50 degrees right now in leesburg. 47 in martinsburg. 45 degrees in winchester. 46 degrees in waldorf. and down around la plata and st. mary's, even areas like patch river, upper 40s to 51 is degrees. few clouds out there. those have been making their way just off to the north. for your forecast today, 46 to 55. by th

. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. romney is pulling a page from the 2008 playbook accusing president obama of trying to redistribute the wealth. as president obama and mitt romney cross paths, their war for the white house shifted over video tapes. romney's obsessment -- still causing problems for his campaign. republicans are firing back. they are using a 1998 recording of then state senator barack obama talking of making government more efficient in a conference. >> how we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution because i believe in redistribution. at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody's got a shot. >> he said some years ago something which we are hearing about today on the internet. he said he believes in redistribution. all right? >> do you want to talk about redistribution? governor romney and congressman ryan would redistrub ute to the wealthiest of americans. >> reporter: a war of words caught on tape. some of the most important words in florid

>> thank you very much, rveron a veronica.tions lifted with the exception of route 50 in maryland. southbound 395 still have the vehicle fire at edsall road. 495 is still blocked. live look. not much of a delay. 13- 13-minute delay to the beltway at 51 miles an hour. looking good on the beltway in maryland. let's take a live look. here we are at new hampshire avenue. no serious delays in either direction. outer loop, a ten-minute drive to 270. mass transit metro on a sunday schedule vre, marc rail service not operating was of a holiday. >>> democratic delegates are arriving in charlotte. one california delegate though is already on his way home. he was asked to leave before the convention even started after a night of partying and n. charlotte. apparently he and another delegate had too much to drink and became disruptive with the staff of a hotel. >>> most of the delegates though, they're behaving themselves and some arrived in charlotte yesterday. many have already checked out where they're going to be sitting for the conven

storm 4 team veronica johnson joins us with the first forecast. a lot of sunshine today, veronica. >> all morning long, the sunshine has been struggling and finally we're getting some of the thinning of the cloud deck there. temperature right now at 81 degrees. the areas that are in the 80s, those areas will get up into a high of 85, 86 degrees and the areas in the 70s, upper 70s will get up to around 80. look at the cloud cover and look at how it has been thinning around prince william, st. mary's and starting to see the hole in the cloud cover means more showers and even the possibility of some thunderstorms for today. and now mcclain, great falls at 75 and 82 degrees and 81 currently in shaw. your showers just a few right now. those are up to the north and moving away from our area around haguerstown. that heavier pocket there around areas of hartford and cecil county moving away but more for us. the details on that coming up. >> see you soon, thank you, veronica. >>> let's check the midday traffic now and danella sealock joins us with the late

>> veronica, starting to see some delays if you're traveling i-270 southbound. you know how it goes. it's not terrible, though. you are slow, so if you're traveling southbound i-270 approaching 109. that's where you're first starting to hit the brakes. as you're making your way towards clarksburg road, it's a lot better. chopper 4 is checking out your delays as you travel southbound i-270 at i-. 0. it's not bad here either but you can see your volume is increasing but as you 345ik your way towards the beltway, your travel lanes are open. let's head over to i-95 in maryland. 198, southbound here. really between laurel and beltway in both directions. no issues to report. southbound is about 64 miles per hour as you connect from the beltway to 216. that drive will take you just about nine minutes. eun, over to you. >>> 6:02. one of our area's most prestigious football programs is being rocked this morning by a sex scandal. five dematha football players are sidelined after reports they hired prostitutes during their first road trip of the season. tracee wilkins is l

veronica? >> tracie potts in charlotte, thank you. >>> followers are mourning the death of the reverend sun myung moon at the age of 92 in korea. he made his unification church a worldwide religious and business phenomenon in the 1970s. he was the self-proclaimed messiah of a religion that was regarded by some as a cult that used brainwashing. he was best known for mass weddings of thousands of his followers who were referred to by many as moonies. >>> six days as isaac ravaged the state, more than 100,000 people across louisiana are still without power this morning. while some residents in hard-hit plaquemines parish say they're cleaning up for the last time, others are questioning whether post-katrina upgreats for new orleans hurt surrounding areas. >> reporter: the flooding is slowly receding across southern louisiana. the threat of high water has some neighborhoods still on high alert. st. tampany parish officials are monitoring a breach at a lock on pearl river, and considering evacuations

i'm veronica de la cruz. a new poll finds president obama enjoying a post convention bounce in popularity. according to a poll of likely voters, 40% favor president obama while 43% prefer his republican rival mitt romney. tracie potts has the latest from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. rasmussen and gallup over the weekend show a 40% increase for president obama over mitt romney. not so surprising over the convention, but this was a surprise. the only thing more surprising than this is the fact that scott vanduzen a big fan president obama -- he said that mitt romney's tax plan doesn't add up. >> you already have deficits, $2 trillion in new defense spending and somehow you're going to close the deficit without racing taxes on middle class families. they did not take their arithmetic force. >> contrary to what the democrats are saying, i'm not going to increase the tax burden on middle income families. it would be absolutely wrong to do that. >> romney hits battle ground ohio today

i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "first look." because "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> the taliban claims credit for a wave of deadly insider attacks on u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan as the investigation continues in libya into the death of four americans including the u.s. ambassador. the question is, was that libyan attack spontaneous? as one senior american official now reports, or was it planned as the libyan government says? we'll have a live report from benghazi. >>> the teachers strike in chicago enters a second week with kids not back in school, and a best-case scenario until wednesday. the question is will mayor rahm emanuel's push

veronica johnson is keeping an eye on the forecast that will make people happy going into the weekend. >> that's right. this weekend, we're going to watch summer fall. supposed to have a ba-da-bum. >> get it? summer fall? >> yeah. >> i know. well, not like fall this morning because it's still humid out there. and temperatures throughout the area. 73 in montgomery village right now. falls church at 67. lexington park, maryland, just to our south at 65 degrees. satellite and radar no, rain across the area. in fact, very few clouds. a few clouds up to the north around frederick, maryland. your day planner forecast, here it is. 8:00 a.m., 76 degrees. a few clouds by noontime. sunshine throughout the area. 6:00 p.m., too, will get a high today of 81. it will be in the upper 80 frz about noontime. all of the way to the afternoon hours today. something really nice one today. it's, again, sunday, we've t got some weather to talk about. that will be the next weather. danella? >> veronica, in first4 traffic report, unfortunately if you're taking the marc train, several delays for you this morni

veronica johnson, going to have a lot of clouds anyway. >> that's right. your sun rise in just about an hour. but when it comes up, i'm not expecting a whole lot like yesterday. we're going to have quite a few clouds. probably the more humid part of our day will be the morning hours. the wetter part of our day with more rain will be the afternoon and evening hours. so out there right now, 70s. adams morgan, 75. brandywine, arlington, ashton, 72 degrees. hometown forecast for largo, take you through the next couple of hours, by 9:30. 75. with some showers possible around your area. by noontime, 82. low 80 fos for temperatures in around those neighborhoods. possibility for thunderstorms for the afternoon. i think they will isolated. any storms can lead to heavier rain. top out at 84 to 85 degrees. we'll see the temperatures slide on down gently during the evening hours to low 80s. we're not the only ones who are dealing with this tropical air around us. new york city, philadelphia, too, they've got the heavy rain there this morning. next couple of day, wedne

i'm veronica de la cruz. president obama and mitt romney are campaigning in a swing state this morning. they'll play out their jabs that people have made in the past. brian mooar has details for us live in washington. brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. the romney campaign is pulling a page from the 2008 playbook accusing president obama of trying to redistribute the wealth. as president obama and mitt romney cross paths today in the critical battleground state of florida, their war for the white house has shifted to a skirmish over videotapes. romney's assessment of obama is still causing problems for his campaign, so republicans are firing back. they're using a 1998 recording of then state senator barack obama talking about making government more efficient at a loyola chicago university conference. >> i think how we structure government systems that pool resources and, hence, facilitate summary distribution because i actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain leve

storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson in for tom kierein. veronica, what did you feel? >> oh, i've been dry inside, but really watching the radar, keith. some folks had a few drops, some folks had the heavy rain and we have the gray sky right now. take a look at our rainfall totals where the heaviest rain has been right there. those two to three inch rains around spotsylvania and culpeper county. got the flash flood warning that continues until 11:15. you can see for these areas here around spotsylvania around spotford county. st. mary's county, and this flash flood warning goes until 1:45 because of the heavy a rain that's moving through there. and you can see in the yellow and orange, that's where there's still moderate rains coming through. just south of d.c. and, good news, the heavy stuff has already moved east of culpepper and fredericksburg but coming down hard now in charles county and i'll have more on what we can expect for the rest of the day and the rest of the week and even the weekend, which shows some signs of fall, but i think you're going to like it. >>

i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with still riding high. days after the democrats' convention ended, a new poll saying president obama enjoying a post-convention boost in popular. 47% favor president obama while 43% prefer his republican rival mitt romney. nbc's brian miller reports. >> reporter: the president of the united states may be considered the most powerful man on earth, but scott van doozen is no slouch. the florida pizza shop owner is a registered republican but a fan of the president, and clearly a really big fan. >> man, are you a power lifter or what? >> reporter: mitt romney opted for a slightly quieter photo on, going to church with his wife ann on a day when the focus was on the economy. >> this is a president that has not been able to deliver on his promises. >> when our opponent goes around saying that the nation is in decline, he doesn't know what he's talking about. >> reporter: the president defended his own economic record while attacking romney's. >> they couldn't answer questio

veronica johnson anncr: this casino's in west virginia. but it makes millions off marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote to build a... world-class resort casino in maryland. creating thousands of jobs and... ...according to the official department of legislative... services, hundreds of millions for our schools. while saving taxpayer money by cutting casino subsidies. question seven. good jobs and better schools in maryland. not west virginia. >>> right now former president bill clinton is preparing to take the stage of the democratic national convention. he will introduce president obama's name for nomination in prime-time tonight. the obama campaign hopes clinton will help the president get a boost among several key voting groups. a new gallup poll shows two-thirds of americans rate clinton favorably and half of republicans do too. >>> police in canada working to figure out the motive behind a deadly shooting and an election rally. this happened late last night in montr

nice day, right, veronica? >> that's one thing i want to stress is how nice today is going to be because we're talking about rain for the rest of the work week. out there right now, it is chilly, of course. mt. rehny, 47 degrees. springfield at 43. laytonsville at 45 degrees. in maryland, around frederick, 41 degrees. that is our cool spot. 6:00 a.m., take it forward under a clear sky. we'll move to 53 by 9:00 a.m. with sunshine. this is pretty close to what the rest of the area will be. clouds come into the area after lunchtime today. by 1:00 p.m., partly sunny. 68 the temperature by then. yesterday we got up to 70. today 76 degrees for a high temperature. it is going to be nice. we'll pick up the extra clouds later and get the rain on wednesday, thursday, friday. first 4 traffic, let's head over to danella. >> thanks, veronica. >>> checking the roadway, as you make your way on bw parkway in maryland as well as i-95 between the baltimore beltway and the capitol beltway, checking for accidents and incidents, no

veronica johnson in storm center 4. >>> that's right. some of the coolest temperatures in months in early june. 56 right now at reagan national airport. currently, we are looking at aspen hill areas around bethesda at 46 degrees. capitol heights at 5 is. currently, tysons corner at 51 degrees. that is your hometown forecast area as temperatures rise into the mid-50s by 9:00 a.m. a few clouds come through our area early part of the day. nothing but sunshine for the afternoon, 64 degrees by noontime. hitting a high today of 70 degrees shortly after noon. we're going to be cooling quickly this evening into the mid-60s. let's take a look at first 4 traffic with danella sealock. >> thanks, veronica. >>> right now following breaking news on the rails. if you're taking metro, bethesda station, all the entrance escalators are down. please be aware of that. that is a steep, steep stairs in that area. you're going to have to take them. entrance escalators are down. stations still open. no delays on metro. and seeing delays on marc. brunswick east

>> veronica, federal holiday so lighter than usual delays on the interstates. hov restrictions have been lifted on all the major interstates with the exception of route 50 in maryland. taking a look right now at the i understand comment virginia, mt. zepher street, vehicle far. no series worries on 95 and the vw parkway. 197. here we are, 95 at 216. no serious delays. live look. ten minutes ride from there to the beltway at 59 miles an hour. >>> this morning residents in bloomingdale are cleaning up after yet another flood. megan mcgrath is live there with a look at the damage for us. good morning, megan. >> good morning. it has become an all too familiar problem in this neighborhood. they have flooded four times in the last several weeks. we're here along rhode island avenue at first street. this is one of the trouble spots here down at the bottom of the hill. this is a low spot. they have been flooding. every time we get a severe storm in the area, the water has just not been able to drain properly into the storm system. the storm drains here. it all backs up

storm team4 meteorologist veronica johnson with our rainy day forecast. hi. >> yeah.od to have a good laugh, right, at somebody else's expense. no, that's not good. we're talking about some more wet weather for us today. outside it is humid again. we've got the big puddles left over from yesterday. damp conditions and, again, high humidity. rain up to the north and moving out of here. temperatures currently, 71 in chantilly. we've got to come apart coming in at 76. prince george's county, hill cyst crest heights. sandy spring coming in at 7 2. kensington right now, 72 degrees. your forecast, hometown forecast, 82 by the noon hour today. showers and storms, 3:00, 84, 85 degrees. you guessed it, more of the same like yesterday. rain and heavy downpours at times this afternoon and evening. >>> right now getting a live look from chopper 4 at the dulles toll road. if you're traveling inbound here. outbound as well. nice and clear in both directions no. not a lot of volume just yet. i-66 heading eastbound past 234. you're heavy on the brakes. delays here continue right arou

. >> veronica johnson is in storm center4. >> that's right, aaron. you have to know who your client is and cater to them. i know who you are. all right. we're in the mid and upper 70s across the area right now. here's a look at your hometown forecast. 76 degrees, 8:30, suitland, maryland, with showers developing. by noontime, 81. showers and stops around the area, anywhere from the mid to upper 80. still wet at 5:00 p.m. still a chance for rain tomorrow with a little heat. danella? >> veronica, still looking good in our area. if you're traveling in the drit, check for accidents. all looks good if you're making your way around d.c. take a look right now if you're traveling route 50 in maryland from annapolis bridge as you make your way to the beltway. travel lanes are open. here's a live look for you at 50 and 301 westbound as well as eastbound. no issues to report. back over to you both. >> thank you, danella. >>> it is now 5:12. 77 degrees. new concerns for apple users this morning after a hacker group starts boasting about a major heist. >>> ahead,

. >> thanks, veronica. >>> checking the roadways. still dealing with a work zone in place if you're taking the inner loop of the beltway. really trying to access the ramp. construction happening on the ramp. it may be slowing you down a bit still, but it should be wrapping up soon. if you're traveling the inner loop of the beltway at kenilworth avenue, i did see construction on the right side, blocking the right lanes, but that's gone. looks like your travel lanes are open as you continue on the inner loop. crossing the wilson bridge. the bridge was raised. now the bridge is lowered, and you're able to cross in both directions. earlier, the bridge was raised, allowing a ship or a boat to pass through, and we did see just large delays around the wilson bridge. right now that's gone, and your commute is clear. eun, over to you. >> danella, thanks so much. 4:32 now. >>> two massive explosions in the syrian capital this morning. let's go live to the news 4 live desk where angie goff has more. angie, good morning. >> good morning. the tar

he's fuld. >>> let's see if we can check out with veronica johnson. we had rufr showers last night. >> yes, we did. guys, that heavier rain coming through about 10:00. 11:00, but that's over for now. for the afternoon, you can expect to see the downpours coming through. your sun rise in a little less than two hours when it comes up, we're going to have some clouds mix with the sun kind of like yesterday. it's going to be plenty sticky out there. look at your temperatures around the area. that mass sass, coming in at 73. chantilly, damascus, 72 degrees. here's a look at your hour by hour forecast at noontime. again, a little bit of sunshine poking through. a better chance of showers and even storms for the afternoon. high today, 83 droos. know that when we get any of those storms we are talking about more of the same. the drenching downpours from the remnants, what's left of isaac. so on this labor day, 83 for a high temperature with bev yot 60% chance of rain for today. up to 70% chance for your tuesday. still, very humid air. temperatures won't chang

veronica? >> that mean he hasn't read them. just move on. >> no. >> we've got a little bit of rain out there this morning. take a look at the radar. only a small part of us getting those rain showers. that's going to be sliding eastward into areas like frederick. leesburg, a few showers this morning. today, upper 70s by noontime. we're dry most of the day. these showers should be winding down by around 7:00 a.m. and then it's back to rain, even some thunder after about 5:00 p.m. today. high temperature today, 84. the weekend, not too bad. danella? >> following breaking news on metro, if you're traveling on the red line heading to bethesda, be prepared to take the stairs. all your entrance escalators are downright now, second time this week. just be aware of that. hopefully they'll be restored soon. another look at chopper 4 over westbound university boulevard, approaching dennis avenue. still seeing two of your right lanes blocked. you are able to get by. slowly, though. to the left. back over the you. >> thanks so much. >>> 6:

veronica's standing by with that good news for you. >> yeah. well, it is going to get ugly early part of next week. i want to stress just how nice today, this evening, and this weekend is going to be. 81 degrees, after a temperature right now, we got up to a high temperature earlier of 82. take a look at the numbers throughout the area. leesburg at 81. 79 in gaithersburg. 80 degrees around waldorf, maryland. in is a front that's going to be moving through overnight. that front without any rain. our temperatures will drop. we'll talk about how much cooler this weekend is going to be and a bigger storm system that's going to head our way again for the early part of next week. doreen? >> thanks, veronica. >>> coming up more, team coverage of the protests spreading around the world. >>> new abortion clinic rules in virginia are stricter than ever. some say it's meant to put those clinics out of business. >>> the crooks involved in a smash-and-grab robbery at an >>> we continue to follow the violent protest erupting around the world. some of the mos

police veronica johnson is back with another check of our forecast.tay with us. >>> you're watching "news 4 midday." >>> well, just because you're a royal doesn't mean you can't live on the edge, right? this is britain's prince andrew. he repelled down london's tallest skyscraper today. he began on the 87th floor of the shard. that's about 1,000 feet high. the 52-year-old was one of 40 people who completed the death-defying feat to raise money for charity. >>> andrew's nephew, prince harry, will make the first public appearance tonight since embarrassing photos of him went viral. harry will attend an awards ceremony recognizing sick children. it comes weeks after pictures surfaced showing the prince naked at a party in las vegas. >>> the u.s. coast guard is taking credit forrest could youing one of hollywood's leading men. they rescued russell crowe on saturday. he was kayaking with a friend on the long island sound when the two got lost although night. the coast guard helped crowe. he's currently in long island filming a movie. >>> with exactly one m

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should we be veronica? >> no no. absolutely not. there's nothing to worry about the weekend. it's monday during the midday period, and tuesday morning that we have to worry about. that tuesday morning rush. but for the weekend, not. there's a little bit of a breeze out here right now. with the weather front coming in we'll see the winds pick up a little bit more too. it's a dry weather front for us. we've got 79 degrees in germantown and sandy spring. fairfax county herndon and reston, indiana, you're at 80. riverdale and landover good afternoon to you, you are currently coming in at 80 degrees. so tonight, and by tomorrow morning, the temperatures will head on down into the 50s, upper 50s. just to the west low 60s, to the east of i-95. annapolis, 64. 62 degrees to start your day tomorrow. mostly clear sky. i think we'll clear fast with this front. there's your sunshine for saturday. i'll stop it at 3:00. and i'll move it to sunday. sunday, you can see those clouds coming in. those are clouds down to the south. so sunday will be a mostly sunny, to partly sunny type of day. an

we'll see you in a little bit. >> all right, veronica. this morning the naacp demanding answers after a district heights police officer shot a man who was already under arrest. police say they arrested calvin kyle for trying to steal a motorcycle yesterday afternoon. they say kyle tried to run away. that's when police fired. kyle was shot in the back. we spoke to a witness who tells us she saw the whole thing. >> three police cars came up. he was not forced to fire at that boy. >> very disturbing when an officer -- when an individual gets shot. >> kyle's condition is not known at this time. the officer who shot him, sergeant johnny riley was placed on leave during the investigation, which is routine. the investigation is being handled by prince george's county police. >>> and new today a weaker than expected jobs report has wall street mixed and could have huge consequences on the presidential election. u.s. employers added just 96,000 jobs last month, far less than the 136,000 projected. the unemployment rate dropped from 8.3 to 8.1% but

hey, veronica. >> hey, jim and pat. i'm standing right now in the shade, and in shade it almost feels a little cool with an occasional little breeze that comes through. our temperatures today running a few degrees below average. yeah, average right now, 82 degrees. very reminiscent, though, of the early part of september for us. take a look at the morning temperatures here and the numbers that we started out with. mt. airy, maryland, 45 degrees this morning. great falls and chantilly starting out at 46. you can see that temperature to the north. columbia, maryland, at 46. germantown and ashton also starting out in the 40s this morning. so indeed pretty chilly. we have warmed up, though. a lot of folks shedding their jackets, getting rid of the sweatshirts, too. t right now at 75 to 79 degrees throughout the area. still running a few degrees below average. hardly a cloud to be found in the sky. we've got a few clouds up in pennsylvania and a few clouds down to the south but no trouble whatsoever. so the question is how l